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The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
consolidation due to a pneumonia ... Sterptococcus pneumoniae ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... #Lingula #SilhouetteSign
First study the CXR.
Notice the subtle increased density in the area behind the heart that needs
First study the CXR ... was a lower lobe pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LLL #Pneumonia ... #Subtle #SilhouetteSign
First study the CXRs.
There is a subtle consolidation in the left lower lobe in the hidden
First study the CXRs ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... Retrocardiac #SpineSign #SilhouetteSign
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
have more than one ... streptococcus pneumoniae ... are organizing pneumonia ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
consolidations, but one ... excludes eosinophilic pneumonia ... of organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral
On a normal lateral chest film the silhouette of the left diaphragm 2- can be seen
One should be able ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... #RLL #Lateral #SilhouetteSign
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
Cavitation - Pneumonia ... Within one month ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Cavity #Pneumonia
On this lateral film there is too much density over the lower part of the spine.
By
anterior to the pneumonia ... The pneumonia does ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... #RLL #Lateral #SilhouetteSign
Here a typical lobar consolidation.
First study the images, then continue reading.
The findings are:
increased density with ill-defined
and spreads from one ... in Klebsiella pneumoniae ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram ... #LLL #Lobar #Pneumonia